diff --git a/tests/ttp/test_worker_bus.py b/tests/ttp/test_worker_bus.py
index b77ccb54..bdf1ca0c 100644
--- a/tests/ttp/test_worker_bus.py
+++ b/tests/ttp/test_worker_bus.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from decnet.bus.fake import FakeBus
 from decnet.ttp import worker as _worker
 from decnet.ttp.base import Tagger, TaggerEvent
 from decnet.ttp.worker import _TOPICS, run_ttp_worker_loop
+from decnet.web.db.models.attacker_intel import AttackerIntel
 from decnet.web.db.models.ttp import TTPTag
 
 
@@ -87,11 +88,19 @@ class _StubRepo:
     First call with a given uuid set returns the row count; replays
     return zero (idempotent). Mirrors :meth:`SQLiteRepository.
     _insert_tags_or_ignore` for tests without a real DB.
+
+    ``intel_rows`` maps attacker_uuid → :class:`AttackerIntel` instance so
+    the E.3.14b catch-up test can inject a persisted intel row without a
+    real DB. Defaults to empty (None return) for all other tests.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self) -> None:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        intel_rows: dict[str, AttackerIntel] | None = None,
+    ) -> None:
         self._seen: set[str] = set()
         self.calls: int = 0
+        self._intel_rows: dict[str, AttackerIntel] = intel_rows or {}
 
     async def insert_tags(self, rows: list[TTPTag]) -> int:
         self.calls += 1
@@ -100,6 +109,11 @@ class _StubRepo:
             self._seen.add(r.uuid)
         return len(new)
 
+    async def get_attacker_intel_row_by_uuid(
+        self, uuid: str,
+    ) -> AttackerIntel | None:
+        return self._intel_rows.get(uuid)
+
 
 async def _drive_worker(
     bus: FakeBus,
@@ -283,15 +297,59 @@ def test_run_ttp_worker_loop_signature() -> None:
 # ── Bus delivery asymmetry (still xfail — catch-up paths are E.3.14b) ─
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(
-    strict=True,
-    reason="catch-up via attacker.session.ended is design-deferred to "
-    "E.3.14b; today the worker fans events 1:1 by source_kind",
-)
 async def test_dropped_intel_enriched_still_produces_intel_tags(
     fake_bus: FakeBus,
 ) -> None:
-    pytest.fail("intel catch-up path not yet implemented")
+    """Dropping ``attacker.intel.enriched`` still produces intel-derived tags.
+
+    The catch-up path (E.3.14b): on ``attacker.session.ended`` the worker
+    reads the persisted ``AttackerIntel`` row and synthesizes an
+    ``source_kind="intel"`` TaggerEvent. Idempotent UUIDs mean a later
+    ``attacker.intel.enriched`` event would deduplicate; the asymmetry with
+    email (no catch-up) is pinned by the sibling test below.
+    """
+    from datetime import datetime, timezone
+
+    intel_row = AttackerIntel(
+        uuid="row-uuid-1",
+        attacker_uuid="att-catchup",
+        attacker_ip="10.0.0.1",
+        abuseipdb_score=90,
+        abuseipdb_categories="[18, 22]",
+        greynoise_classification="malicious",
+        greynoise_name="",
+        greynoise_tags="[]",
+        feodo_listed=None,
+        threatfox_listed=None,
+        threatfox_threat_types="[]",
+        threatfox_ioc_types="[]",
+        threatfox_malware_families="[]",
+        aggregate_verdict="malicious",
+        expires_at=datetime(2099, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
+    )
+    tagger = _FixedTagger(tags=[_make_tag()])
+    repo = _StubRepo(intel_rows={"att-catchup": intel_row})
+    await _drive_worker(
+        fake_bus, tagger, repo,
+        # Only session.ended — intel.enriched is intentionally NOT published.
+        [(_topics.attacker(_topics.ATTACKER_SESSION_ENDED), {
+            "session_id": "sess-catchup",
+            "attacker_uuid": "att-catchup",
+        })],
+    )
+    intel_calls = [c for c in tagger.calls if c.source_kind == "intel"]
+    assert intel_calls, (
+        "expected tagger called with source_kind='intel' via catch-up path; "
+        "got source_kinds=" + str([c.source_kind for c in tagger.calls])
+    )
+    call = intel_calls[0]
+    assert call.attacker_uuid == "att-catchup"
+    assert call.session_id == "sess-catchup"
+    # source_id must be deterministic so replays hit INSERT OR IGNORE
+    assert "att-catchup" in call.source_id or "sess-catchup" in call.source_id
+    # The catch-up payload carries the intel fields IntelLifter predicates on
+    assert call.payload.get("abuseipdb_score") == 90
+    assert call.payload.get("greynoise_classification") == "malicious"
 
 
 async def test_dropped_email_received_produces_no_email_tags(